SOSS x Yale-NUS Masterclass | Climate Communication for a Better World

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In 2023, conversations about climate change in our lives and at the science-policy interface – as pathways to engagement and action – can get stuck. The masterclass session will first highlight what kinds of news-based climate communications work where, when, why, how, and under what conditions in interlocking communication ecosystems. We can focus on reporting in the United States and in Singapore as examples. Next, we will explore creative climate communications, focusing on comedic approaches to climate communications as one example of varied and interdisciplinary endeavors. Overall, in this session we will work through climate communication at multiple scales in order to more effectively influence attitudinal and behavioral changes.

	14 November 2023 Tuesday 4pm to 6.30pm		SMU Yong Pung How School of Law Seminar Room 3-12, Level 3 55 Armenian St Singapore 179943

About the Speaker

Maxwell Boykoff
Professor, University of Colorado Boulder

Max is a Professor in the Environmental Studies department at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is also a Fellow in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. Max has ongoing research interests in science and environmental communications, science-policy interactions, ESG principles in business (with negotiations, marketing and advertising concentrations), and political economy and the environment. He has experience working in several country contexts, and is a co-author and editor of seven books and edited volumes, along with many articles, reports and book chapters. Among Max's other activities, he was a Contributing Author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment ‘Mitigation and Policy’ Report, and he is a Deputy Editor at the Journal of Climatic Change. Max also leads the Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO) while he leads the Colorado Local Science Engagement Network and co-Directs Inside the Greenhouse. Max earned a PhD in Environmental Studies at the University of California Santa Cruz, an MBA from the University of Colorado Boulder, and a BS in Psychology from The Ohio State University.